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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?! How did the Navy get duped into buying a NON-TACAN equipped aircraft for a service that still heavily relies on TACAN? Sometimes I shake my head in disbelief.
No it wasn't... you don't get high speed with those wings.... it'll have a decent TAS, but that's due to the altitude. It's not the SR-71, THAT was made for high speed flight :)
The NACES is the only ejection seat I've flown with, but I don't think it's that bad. I know the S-3 guys say it's way better than their seat. Of course, anymore than 1.5 hours in the seat and the a$$ just starts to hurt.
For the airline bubbas here... what's the deal with Aeroflot? It's just an airline you don't really hear about. Service? Safety? etc? I'm curious, especially since they seem to be flying western aircraft, which I get a chuckle out of.
The last modern Naval war, yes? I've always had interest in this war... lots of interesting things to come out of it.
Not to mention that picture of the Argentine A-4s coming in low on an attack surround by AAA.